Lubriphonic - Album: Soul Solution

Giles Corey--guitar and vocals

Giles Corey was born in Connecticut, but moved to Chicago at the age of 18. His first job was playing guitar for blues legend Buddy Scott. Since his arrival in town, he has performed with many blues and soul luminaries, including Otis Rush, Bo Diddley, Billy Branch, Magic Slim, Eddy Clearwater, and Buddy Miles. He has toured throughout North America, Europe, and Japan, and has lent his guitar and vocals to over a dozen recordings. Along with Rick King, he is a founding member of Lubriphonic, as well as it’s primary songwriter.

Rick King-- drums

Rick King was born and raised in Chicago and is a founding member of Lubriphonic. Rick has toured the world over with many legendary Grammy winning artists, including Koko Taylor, Chuck Berry, Otis Rush, Bo Diddley, James Cotton, and Junior Wells. He has appeared in two feature documentary films, “History Makers” with B.B. King and “The Blues” by Martin Scorcese.

Pennal Johnson-- bass

Pennal is a musician’s musician. Born and raised on Chicago’s West Side. Pennal is signed as a Jazz artist with RLT Music and Film works – record label and is currently working on album project with renowned record producer Rodney Trotter- Sir Nose of Parliament Funkadelics. Currently, Pennal is the bassist for Dr. Charles G. Hayes and Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir (The Warriors) as well as a student at Columbia College majoring in Jazz and CUP (contemporary, urban, pop studies) program studies. Pennal said his whole outlook is to do what is right in God’s eye and “to enter the hearts and minds of everyone through their listening ears.”

Norman Palm-- trombone

Norman was born & attended school in Chicago. He is a virtuoso trombone player & composer. When not playing with Lubriphonic Norman can be heard playing at Chicago jazz clubs almost every night.

Ron Haynes-- trumpet

Ron Haynes was born and raised on the West Side of Chicago and studied trumpet under jazz great Donald Byrd and North Carolina Central University. He has performed and toured with acts as varied as Chaka Kahn, George Duke, The Ohio Players, Liquid Soul, and Lenny Kravitz. In addition, he has recorded with Ramsey Lewis, as well as releasing two solo jazz albums of his own. He has played trumpet on Lubriphonic’s last two albums

Garrick Patten-- sax

Garrick was born & lived his first 13 years in Chicago, Illinois. He moved to Oakland, CA with his family where he attended Glenwood School For Boys. It was here he discovered the saxaphone playing in the school jazz band. After HS he moved back to Chicago where his soulful musicianship won him spots playing with such legendary acts as "New Testement", Little Milton, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Otis Clay & Keisha Brown. Lubriphonic is honored to welcome Garrick to the band!

Andrew Toombs-- piano

Andrew graduated from Cincinnati's School for Creative and Performing Arts in 2002, and then attended the Chicago College Of Performing Arts for two years on scholarship. He concluded his music studies on scholarship in 2007 at the Berklee College of Music majoring in Professional Music. Andrew has played or performed with many artists including: Mel Torme, Kenny Rogers, Faith Hill, Roy Ayers, Ted Nash, DJ Hi-Tek, Eric Roberson, Benny Golson, Wilbert Longmire, Hal Crook, Chico DeBarge, Jason Palmer, Melvin Broach, Fred Anderson, Ohio Players, Camp Low, Dave Brubeck, Mike Smith, Tito Carrilo, Erik Monstka, Lin Biviono, Matt Ulery, Tony Royster, Joe Sanders, Juma Santos, Keith Lockhart, Steve Barnes, Stacy Dillard, Mike Wade and Bootsy Collins. We are so glad to have Andrew on team Lube!

The Lubriphonic sound is full of precision orchestrations made up of blazing
guitars, unison three piece horn lines, soulful songwriting, bluesy
vocals and the habit to cut the funk loose. The best description of
the band’s sound comes from Relix Magazine: “Superb, adventurous,
diverse, simply mesmerizing instrumental work. Steeped in soul, rock, pop, and
blues Lubriphonic's members play with a tenacity and precision that
sets them apart from equally proficient bands.”

Lubriphonic is the brainchild of guitarist Giles Corey and drummer Rick King
which began as a residency at Chicago’s legendary Checkerboard Lounge,
where they recruited some of the best blues, funk, and rock
musicians in the city for improvisational live sessions in which the kinetic energy that make a band were initiated.

The evolution from performing as sidemen for the city’s most legendary blues
stars such as Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and Koko Taylor into an original
group came from the hunger of each musician to develop an intense
and simmering sound.

Guitarist Corey explains “Everyone in Lubriphonic comes from the Chicago blues
or gospel music pools. I met Rick King while playing in blues bands
in Chicago, and when we eventually wanted to start a band together
all of the cats we knew played the blues. There were and still
are all these cats that had a strong foundation in Chicago roots music who understood the feel and the nuances, but were dying to stretch out.
Lubriphonic turned out to be a good vehicle for that.”

It’s this expression of creativity and energy at each performance that is
paramount to Lubriphonic. “We are a live band first and foremost.  There's a
palpable energy emitted by any large gathering of people,” Giles
continues.  “When you perform for an audience and give them positive energy,
they take what you give them, amplify it and then throw it back to
you.  It's a fantastic feeling.”

Lubriphonic – made up of Giles Corey (vocals, guitar), Richard King (drums),
Pennal Johnson (bass), Garrick Patten (saxophone), Norman Palm
(trombone) and Andrew Toombs (keyboards) – tour extensively, crisscrossing the
country playing festivals, theaters and clubs spending over 220 days a
year on the road.

?Sold out shows, national tours and their evolving sound are proof enough of how
relevant Lubriphonic is going to become in the coming years. The
group’s recent studio debut, Soul Solution manages to contain the trademark
explosive live energy an accurate studio portrayal. Since first forming in
2002
Lubriphonic already boasts a nationwide fan base, playing to
crowds
opening for such acts as Buddy Guy, George Clinton & P-Funk, The
Derek Trucks Band, The New Mastersounds, Jon Popper Project, Karl Denson,
and
Buckwheat Zydeco. ??Entirely committed to continuing their mission,
Lubriphonic is happy to be playing the music they love and winning over new
fans each new night at each new city. “As a sideman one of the things you
learned is how to be professional. I learned how to give to an audience, no
matter what. That's what you’ll get at a Lubriphonic show.”